I will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my children to hunt and live on prairie, for where an Indian is shut up in one place his body becomes weak.
SITTING BULLI will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my children to hunt and live on prairie, for where an Indian is shut up in one place his body becomes weak.
SITTING BULLBehold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
SITTING BULLTherefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
SITTING BULLIf we must die, we die defending our rights.
SITTING BULLI have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.
SITTING BULLHe put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
SITTING BULLThis is a good day to die. Follow me!
SITTING BULLThey want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
SITTING BULLOur religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
SITTING BULLOnly seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
SITTING BULLIn my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
SITTING BULLI was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
SITTING BULLThe meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
SITTING BULLEach man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.
SITTING BULLEach man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
SITTING BULLAs individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
SITTING BULL